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EDMOND, Okla. – Few outside the golfing community know the name Joe Walser, Jr., but his impact on Oklahoma and the game of golf was immeasurable. Walser built several golf courses around the country. Some – like Oak Tree National in Edmond – are world-famous. Saturday the local golfing community gathered at Oak Tree to honor Walser, a man whom many called a visionary. “What he did was something no one’s ever done. It goes farther than the Oklahoma golf […]

BETHANY, Okla. — Intense rain Tuesday night and Wednesday morning caused flooding on city streets that left at least half a dozen drivers stranded. Among them,Taylor Williams, whose car stopped running in the middle of Route 66 just west of MacArthur Blvd. “[Route 66] was like a big ol’ river. I tried to putt-putt my way through it but my car just got wet,” Williams said. Most drivers were able to make it through the near knee-deep water but some […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — When it comes to putting people in prison, the United States is the best in the world. Oklahoma is the best of the best. “Oklahoma is number one in the rate of female incarceration per capita. That’s number one not only in the United States, but in the world. And we’re number two for men,” Justin Jones said, director of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. He knows despite the appeal of locking up every criminal in the state, […]

YALE, Okla. – A World War II veteran who put family and country before his own education received his high school diploma on Saturday. Frank Bickell, 86, crossed the stage in the Yale High School gym along with 40 other, much younger graduates. “I feel smarter,” Bickell said. “And I sure do appreciate it.” Bickell dropped out of high school in the early 40s to get a job and help his parents, who still hadn’t recovered from the Great Depression. […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — An unusual break-in Thursday morning left one local store owner scratching his head. Thieves smashed the front window of New World Comics but, according to the store’s owner, Buck Berlin, only took a two-foot-tall rubber Godzilla figure. “It’s worth maybe $30,” Berlin said. The item was a strange target for thieves since the store also had several comic books with $100 price tags. The alarm company called Berlin shortly after 5 a.m. and when he got to […]

ENID, Okla. – An 11-year-old girl is doing everything she can to support the kids of a fallen Oklahoma soldier. Sydney Wyatt is hosting an online auction to raise money for Mycaela and Raelynn Prince, the daughters of Sergeant Mycal Prince. Mycal Prince was killed while serving with the Oklahoma Army National Guard in Afghanistan last September. The soldier who escorted his body back to the United States is a friend of Sydney’s parents. “I think that made it very […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — A police chase through N.W. Oklahoma City streets ends at 63rd and Robinson Monday morning. Authorities tried to pull over a silver Honda near N.E. 50th and Kelley Ave. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the suspect was speeding down city streets when a trooper attempted to pull him over. That’s when the chase began. It lasted only minutes, was confined to city streets and reached speeds up to 65 mph. At one point, the suspect drove […]

OKLAHOMA CITY — Over a thousand people crowded the Crossroads Mall on Saturday but not many of them made it past the parking lot. People came to raise awareness and finances to battle cystic fibrosis in honor of Cody Sheets, a 25-year-old man who loved cars and lost his battle with the disease back in February. Cupcake Meet 13: Cupcakin’ for CF Care hosted the fundraiser along with some help from Friction Motor Sports. “He’s up there looking down on us […]